Surface orientation from texture: Ideal observers, generic observers and the information content of texture cues

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1655-1682

  Knill, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreshortening; Ideal observers; Scaling; Slant; Slant from texture; Texture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032103354     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00324-6     Document Type: Article

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